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85-year-old male with left-sided chest wall pain. The patient was a restrained driver in a MVC where his car was hit on the driver’s side by another car traveling between 30 and 45 MPH. The patient’s vitals are 120/80, pulse 95, RR 20, and sat 93%. You perform a focused ultrasound of his...
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A 16-year-old male with presents with a gunshot wound to his chest. The patient states he was in a house when he heard gunshots. As he ran from the house he developed pain to his right upper back. He presented to the ED via a private vehicle complaining of back pain & mild shortness of breath. His...
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34-year-old male felt a pop in his right bicep after lifting a refrigerator. He has marked swelling noted of the arm and has limited ROM due to pain. You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following… Take the Case
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24-year-old female with multiple traumatic injuries sustained in rollover MVC. She has left thoraco-abdominal bruising and tenderness. Her vitals: BP 108/64, HR 114, RR 22, T 36.9. Her blood pressure was unchanged and her HR decreased to 102 after 2 liters of NS. You perform a FAST ultrasound and obtain...
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22-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the right chest. His vitals are stable. You perform an ultrasound of the right chest and note the following… Ta ke the Case
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27 y.o. female with multiple injuries after a high-speed MVC. Her vitals are stable. You perform a FAST exam and note the following… Ta ke the Case
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54-year-old male with history of alcoholism is admitted to the ED with vomiting and abdominal pain. He denies any trauma. He appears ill and is clinically dehydrated. His vitals are: BP 78/54, HR 128, RR 26, T 37.1. He has diffuse abdominal tenderness with guarding and rebound. You perform a FAST exam...
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54-year-old male with hx of hepatitis B, cirrhosis, and chronic alcohol abuse presents via EMS after being found at the bottom of a flight of stairs. He is clinically intoxicated. His GCS=13. You notice numerous bruises on his torso and extremities but no obvious fracture. He seems to be tender everywhere...
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22-year-old male with single GSW to the left lateral chest presents via EMS. Medics report the patient had spontaneous circulation en route but then arrested as they were pulling up to the ambulance bay. On arrival, the patient is in full cardiac arrest. While initial resuscitation is being performed...
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45-year-old female thrown from horse presents with right flank pain and bruising. Her vitals are stable and she is afebrile. You perform a FAST exam and note the following in the perihepatic window: T ake the Case
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34-year-old female presents after MVC. She was initially hypotensive but is currently normotensive. During the perihepatic scan, your resident calls you over because he has a question. Review the following images ... Take the Case
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A 28-year-old male presents after high speed MVC. He is intubated by the medics for a GCS of 3. He was hypotensive in the prehospital setting but now has a BP of 118/74 after two liters of crystalloid infusion. Your resident has a question on what she is looking at and calls you over ... Take the Case
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25-year-old male presents with recurring right hand swelling three weeks after punching a glass window. You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following ... Take the Case
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A 28-year-old male presents with chest pain after being struck in the chest with a baseball bat injury to his chest while playing ball. His vitals are BP 110/74, HR 118, RR 26, PO 93% on RA. You perform a bedside ultrasound… T ake the Case
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20-year-old male is admitted to the ED via EMS after a rollover MVC. The patient is hemodynamically stable. On exam you note that the patient has multiple torso bruises. After initial stabilization, you perform a FAST exam and note the following (perihepatic and perisplenic windows shown)... T ake the...